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Provision of Sealing in a Jet Engine for Bleeding Air to the Cabin Using a Tube with a Double Ball Joint

US 7,409,831 In force
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on SNECMA, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Nov 30, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Sep 13, 2004 as application 10/938,574 · Granted Aug 12, 2008
Base term plus 808 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2004 2026
Clock starts
Sep 13, 2004
Term ends
Nov 30, 2026
Granted
Aug 12, 2008
base term patent term adjustment fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
808
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.

This patent's term runs 808 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 13, 2004, when this application, 10/938,574, was filedSep 13, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+808 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 30, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 30, 2026High confidence

Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Sep 13, 2004
Reel 15790, frame 493
Lepretre, GillesSNECMA MoteursAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 20, 2008
Reel 20609, frame 569
SNECMA MoteursSNECMAChange of Name
May 23, 2018
Reel 46479, frame 807
SNECMASafran Aircraft EnginesChange of Name
Aug 24, 2018
Reel 46939, frame 336
SNECMASafran Aircraft EnginesCorrective Assignment to Correct the Cover Sheet to Remove Application Nos. 10250419, 10786507, 10786409, 12416418, 12531115, 12996294, 12094637 12416422 Previously Recorded on Reel 046479 Frame 0807. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name.

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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